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The effect of food supplementation on nutritional status of severe malnourished children aged 12-59 months in Sleman District, Yogyakarta Special Region

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Malnutrition and malnourishment are stili big problems among children in lndonesia. Age between 12 to 59 months is the most important and critical time periods for the physical and intelligence development of children. Therefore, the children should obtain a good health care and nutrition according to their needs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of food supplementation on the nutritional status of children in Sleman District, Yogyakarta Special Region. This was a quasi experimental study involving 60 severe malnourished children between the age of 12-59 months from Sayegan Sub Districts.
Body weight and height of the children were measured before and after food supplementation. Food supplements were given for 100 days. The outcome of this study was the change of nutritional status based on Z-score according to the Ministry of Health classification adopted from WHO-NCHS (World Health Organization-US National Center for Health Statistics) recommendations.
According to Z-score for weight-for-age (WAZ), the food supplementation did not improve the nutritional status of children. Although the nutritional status of 25.87% children increased and the mean of WAZ significantly increased 1.04 to be -3.29 after supplementation (p < 0.05), the mean of nutritional status of the children was still the worst (WAZ -3SD). In conclusion, food supplementation on children aged 12-59 months manages to improve their nutritional status according to WHZ.

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Journal of the Medical Sciences, 44 (2) 2012 : 198

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Yogyakarta : FK Universitas Gajah Mada Yogyakarta., 2012

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7p

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0126-1312

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food
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
MALNUTRITION
NUTRIONAL STATUS

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